Arensky, Anthony Stepanovich
(1861–1906)> COMPOSER
Arensky, Anthony Stepanovich (11 August 1861, Novgorad; 25 February 1906, Terioki, Finland), composer, was born into a musical family, and his parents sent him to study with Zikke and Nikolav Rimsky-Korsakov at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg. He distinguished himself as a student, and he was named to the faculty of the Conservatory at Moscow in 1882. A dozen years later, in 1894, he became director of the Imperial Chapel in St. Petersburg. Arensky wrote sacred music for the most part, but…